The First Order

Chapter 712 Li Shentan joins the team

When Zhou Yingxue thought about how it did not seem necessary to join the Anjing House anymore, or even totally pointless to do so, her attitude towards Vanilla turned even more hostile. “Who the hell are you?! Why are you poking your nose into my business?”.

Vanilla was stunned. This was the first time he had come across as fierce a candidate as her.

Before he could even flare up, Tang Hualong, who was standing next to him, interrupted, “The boss sent out a message saying White Mask has shown up in Cheng Yu’s group. Moreover, some of the Pyro Company spies have appeared in that group as well. She’s telling us to act carefully.”

Vanilla sneered, “Anyone could have guessed the Pyro Company has planted spies in the groups. Tonight, we’ll find an excuse to check everyone to see if they have any tattoos near their ribs. But I believe White Mask’s involvement in this mess is also something the boss wanted to see. I’m looking forward to seeing how much chaos he can cause for the Pyro Company.”

Beside them, Zhou Yingxue’s ears pricked up when she heard them mention White Mask.

Actually, Zhou Yingxue also did not know if White Mask was related to Ren Xiaosu in any way. However, she knew full well White Mask would always appear wherever her master went.

Although the maidservant was silly at times, she was not a fool. She could still discern a pattern like this very easily.

Moreover, the intel had mentioned that a sniper was also there to provide assistance when White Mask intercepted the Pyro Company’s convoy.

First of all, she had witnessed Ren Xiaosu’s sniping before. Second, she had also heard of Yang Xiaojin’s sniping before. Therefore, when Zhou Yingxue found out about this information, she felt it was very likely these two people were Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin.

Zhou Yingxue interrupted the conversation between Vanilla and Tang Hualong and said, “Where is White Mask? Where’s their group now?”

Vanilla glanced at her and said, “Why are you asking that?”

“It’s because I want to find someone powerful to protect me, of course,” Zhou Yingxue said. “Based on how weak you look, how are you going to lead us into the Sacred Mountains? So we definitely have to seek out someone more powerful to lead the team, right?” Vanilla got so angry he nearly vomited blood. “What makes you think I’m weak? As a floral superhuman, where did you get the courage to mock a metallic superhuman from?” “But you look very weak,” Zhou Yingxue said disdainfully. “Moreover, you’ve displayed your combat capabilities in the Wang Consortium’s stronghold before, right? That news has long been spread. Everyone said you were a little slow at controlling metal and there wasn’t much you could do about that Dusk team.”

“Then what about you? You think you’re that powerful?” Vanilla stuck his neck out and shouted, “White Mask is over on the west side of the Sacred Mountains now, and we’re on the east side! Why don’t you walk through the Sacred Mountains to look for him then?”

When Zhou Yingxue heard this, she started having second thoughts, because she was not confident of crossing the Sacred Mountains by herself.

Of course, it was not that she was afraid of death. After all, even she was a little afraid of wielding her own powers. Zhou Yingxue was worried that if she walked straight through the Sacred Mountains, she might end up causing a huge commotion and disrupt her master’s plans as a result. If Vanilla knew the terrifying creeper vine in Stronghold 61 was in Zhou Yingxue’s possession now, he would probably change his tone too.

At this moment, Zhou Yingxue even felt a little smug as though she were a royal traveling incognito. Thinking of this, Zhou Yingxue got a little unhappy again. Her master had only randomly taken her around to collect exotic flowers and plants, but she ended up gaining something on the level of the creeper vine. Meanwhile with these people, she was only able to find a food crop after spending so much effort searching.

There must still be a lot more exotic plants in the Sacred Mountains, right? If she could only travel with her master into the mountains, couldn’t she collect the seeds with ease? And when she finally headed to the Northwest, the people of Fortress 178 would surely be amazed by her powerful ability.

She wondered if her master had any competitors in the Northwest. Power struggles should be very common in large and formidable organizations like Fortress 178, right? At that time, she could become her master’s right-hand woman and help him eliminate his enemies.

While Zhou Yingxue was letting her imagination run wild, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from the forest.

The footsteps sounded so orderly no one in the campsite could tell whether it was a person or a group of people approaching.

“Prepare for battle,” Vanilla said in a low voice.

Based on the intel they had received, there shouldn’t be any Anjing House members in the vicinity. Therefore, anyone who appeared here would most likely be an enemy.

Before this, they had been ambushed by the tarantulas, as well as encountered an attack by the Pyro Company members. So everyone knew full well it was not safe here. A moment later, Vanilla formed up more than 30 A-rank hitmen into a defensive formation. Some of the strength-based superhumans had already lifted heavy machine guns up to their hips, ready to set off a metal storm against the intruders.

“There’s no need to start a fight. I was just passing by.” A laughing voice rang out from the forest.

Vanilla frowned. He was surprised to see a group of people making their way out of the forest. But the strange thing was that these people had a blank expression on their faces, and they were even carrying a young man in a palanquin.

The people in the group were dressed in a mix of attire. Some of them were in casual wear while others were dressed in the Pyro Company’s uniform. The people in casual wear looked like they were also here to invade the Sacred Mountains like their group, while the Pyro Company members were those who were sent after them.

These two groups of people had combined to form a new group that ended up protecting the young man and the little girl floating in the air. It was a sight that could not get any stranger than this.

“Hello, everyone, my name is Li Shentan,” the young man said with a smile.

Li Shentan’s name seemed to have a magical ring to it. When everyone heard it, their mood immediately sank.

It had been some time since the destruction of the Li Consortium in the Southwest. What supernatural being would not have heard of the name of the Demon Whisperer by now?

The people who surrounded themselves around Li Shentan were probably puppets he had hypnotized.

After entering the Sacred Mountains, everyone was totally exhausted. However, it was different for Li Shentan. He had actually hypnotized a few dozen people to protect himself and even made a palanquin for them to carry him on!

Vanilla’s fingers were already wrapped around a metallic needle at his waist. “Why are you—”.

But before he could finish speaking, Li Shentan suddenly jumped down from the palanquin and ran towards… Zhou Yingxue!

Li Shentan said happily, “What are you doing here? Where’s your mas—your boss?”

Li Shentan was going to ask her where her master was. However, he thought it might expose some information about Zhou Yingxue and Ren Xiaosu, so he immediately corrected himself.

Zhou Yingxue looked at Li Shentan. “Wait a minute, aren’t you that magician from Luoyang City? What are you doing here?” “I came here to have some fun.” Li Shentan said matter-of-factly, “I had wanted to go to the South to watch the typhoons, but didn’t something more interesting crop up here? That’s why I’m here. So, where’s your boss?”

“Why are you looking for him?” Zhou Yingxue said disdainfully, “Is my boss someone you can meet as you like?”

Li Shentan said with a serious look, “I am your boss’s best friend!”

Just a simple exchange of a few words had left Vanilla and the others standing at the side dumbfounded.